Graduate Degrees

College Teaching Graduate Certificate

The College Teaching Graduate Certificate program prepares students to be more competitive
when applying for higher education teaching positions. The program combines preparation
and resources with programming through the College of Education, Health and Aviation
to give you systematic pedagogical training that not only helps you develop as an
educator, but also allows you to use your time more efficiently as you balance research
and teaching responsibilities.

M.S. Degree Program

The master’s degree option in Curriculum & Leadership Studies provides a sound foundation
in curriculum knowledge including the social, philosophical, ethical and political,
historical, and psychological aspects of the curriculum, curriculum planning, pedagogy,
and curriculum leadership.

The degree program will deepen one’s knowledge of curriculum and will prepare graduates
for positions as curriculum leaders, curriculum planners, curriculum administrators,
curriculum consultants, teacher leaders, and teacher researchers. Program content
will benefit those teachers pursuing National Board Certification.

The degree option is a 36-hour program with coursework in curriculum, teaching, learning,
advocacy, leadership, multicultural and diversity issues, research including teacher
research, and an area of emphasis tailored for the individual interests of students.
All students have a take-home comprehensive exam over the program and complete either
a Non-Thesis/Creative Component or Thesis. The Non-Thesis/Creative Component can take
a variety of forms from an advanced paper over a curriculum topic to a creative demonstration
of curriculum expertise. The thesis is original research. The student’s Advisory Committee
(3 members, at least 2 of whom are Curriculum Studies faculty members) assists the
student through all aspects of the program.

Are you concerned about fundamental curriculum issues in broad social, political,
cultural and individual contexts? Are you interested in becoming an agent for positive
change in education? Do you want to learn how to better plan curriculum and improve
teaching? Do you want to investigate more deeply issues of teaching and learning?
Do you want to explore the meaning of diversity and nonviolence in schooling, community
college, and other educational sites? If so, then this degree option may be for you.

Ph.D. Degree Program

The mission of the Doctor of Philosophy in Education: Curriculum Studies option is
to educate scholars with a deep understanding and ability to create and use knowledge
of curriculum studies in the field of education and in other scholarly communities
interested in the advancement of education at the state, national, and international
levels.

Students will have opportunities to participate in the OSU Curriculum Studies Project
working with internationally recognized scholars, collaborating in research, leadership
events, and such school-based initiatives as curriculum development and evaluation,
teacher research, analysis of teaching and learning, and media literacy education.

The program offers students a choice of two options either in Curriculum Studies or
Curriculum Studies: College Teaching. The College Teaching emphasis prepares students
specifically for positions in higher education.

The program prepares students for a variety of professional goals: curriculum generalists
and specialists, curriculum coordinators, K-20 curriculum leaders, professors of education
and teacher educators, curriculum designers and evaluators, curriculum materials writers,
educational administrators at various levels, as well as educational leaders in social
and cultural organizations.

The Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies degree option is a 69 hour (minimum) program with
coursework in teaching and learning in social, cultural, historical, and economic
contexts, inquiry and research, curriculum, and a cognate area tailored for the individual
interests of students. All students take a qualifying exam over the program and complete
original research in the form of a Doctoral Dissertation.